Practice Questions – Unit I – Introduction
1. Site characteristics include
A) relationship to the market.
B) relative distance from another location.
C) the unique physical and human characteristics of a location.
D) the cultural characteristics of a region.
E) the governmental structure of a state.
2. All of the following are intervening obstacles to the flow of goods and people except
A) mountains.
B) political boundaries.
C) major bodies of water.
D) highways.
E) deserts.
3. “Sense of Place” refers to
A) the unique physical and human attributes that gives a place character.
B) the unique physical site characteristics.
C) the unique situational characteristics.
D) the characteristics of the founder of a place.
E) the uniform landscape of a place.
4. The population distribution of the United States most closely resembles
A) a linear pattern.
B) a dispersed pattern.
C) a geometric pattern.
D) a clustered pattern.
E) a clustered and dispersed pattern.
5. ___________ developed his 11 laws of migration in 1885.
A) Malthus
B) Weber
C) Wollerstein
D) Ravenstein
E) Rubenstein
6. Malthus’ basic thesis was that population grows exponentially while food production grows
A) constantly.
B) geographically.
C) arithmetically.
D) geometrically.
E) out of control.
7. The Township and Range pattern of land division in the United States created this type of land
ownership pattern on the landscape?
A) Linear.
B) Clustered.
C) Dispersed.
D) Geometric.
E) No pattern exists.
8. All maps have
A) distortion.
B) graduated circles.
C) representative fractions.
D) bar scale.
E) multiple colors.
9. Which map projection is most distorted at high latitudes?
A) Robinson.
B) Goode’s.
C) Equal area value.
D) Conic.
E) Mercator.
10. The idea that spatial interaction declines as distance increases is known as
A) time-space compression
B) the gravity model.
C) migration transition.
D) distance-decay.
E) network integration.
11. The process by which technology is increasing the connectivity and interdependence of the
world’s business community is often referred to as
A) interaction.
B) integration.
C) democratization.
D) globalization.
E) Intraconnectedness
12. The location at which something is created and then diffuses from that node is called a(n)
A) Core
B) Hearth
C) Network
D) Globalizing force
E) Constant
13. The location of Chicago at 41 49’ N latitude and 87 37’ W longitude is an example of
a. intensive location
b. absolute location
c. relative location
d. remote location
14. The location of a factory with good access to routes of transportation is an example of
a. absolute location
b. remote location
c. relative location
d. conformal location
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15. The first stage of the demographic transition is marked by
a. high birth rates, and high but fluctuating death rates
b. high birth rates, and low and stable death rates
c. declining birth rates, and continuing high death rates
d. high birth rates, and declining death rates
16. The Malthusian Theory is based on which of the following assumptions?
a. as urbanization occurs, the rate of population growth decreases
b. population tends to increase more rapidly than do the food supplies to support that population
c. growth in productive capacity generally exceeds population increases
d. food production increases geometrically, while population grows arithmetically
17. Which of the following characteristics of a national population is NOT evident from its
population pyramid?
a. age structure
b. sex structure
c. dependency ratio
d. infant mortality rate
18. Distance decay implies that
a. long distances erode hierarchical diffusion
b. short distances erode hierarchical diffusion
c. short-distance contacts are more likely than long-distance contacts
d. long-distance contacts are more likely than short-distance contacts
19. The Rio Grande, which forms part of the boundary between Mexico and the United States, is an
example of
a. an artificial boundary
b. a water divide
c. a relict boundary
d. a natural boundary
20. Formal regions are
a. legally defined
b. areas of essential physical or cultural uniformity
c. bounded by distinct landscape changes or features
d. named to reflect their relative or absolute locations
21. Functional regions are
a. dynamic and organizational
b. static and structural
c. marked by political boundaries
d. have internal uniformity but no defined boundaries